A patient is diagnosed with endotoxic shock. Which of the following could be (most likely from the options) the cause of the patient's illness?
(Note: these are imaginary organisms, so do not bother googling their names)

a. A bloodstream infection with Mycobacterium tilleri.
b. A bloodstream infection with a newly discovered Gram-negative coccus Coccidio neutralis, which contains a defective Lipid A component that has only one sugar chain.
c. Infections of the skin, hair, and nail with the fungus Malassezia furfur that invades only the stratum corneum and the superficial layers of the skin.
d. A bloodstream infection with the Gram-negative bacillus Korniska rubra.
e. A bloodstream infection with the Gram-positive coccus Presto mamba